A stood down part-time employee receiving double her usual wage on the JobKeeper scheme unreasonably refused a request to use up one day's annual leave each week over 16 weeks, the FWC has found.
An external investigator probing bullying and conflict of interest allegations against WA IEU branch secretary Angela Briant has warned of OHS and legal risks, recommending the union bring in an HR specialist and act to rectify conduct issues.
One Nation Senator Pauline Hanson has called for the Morrison Government to pull back from new regulations that cut the notice period that employers are required to give employees of proposed changes to enterprise agreements from seven days to a minimum of one day.
Attorney-General and IR Minister Christian Porter has stressed that employers cannot insist that employees use the Federal Government's COVIDSafe tracing app, with breaches attracting fines of up to $63,000 and five years' jail.
The FWC's president has for the first time since the establishment of JobKeeper set out the tribunal's expectations for turnaround times for disputes over the wage subsidy scheme, while he has also provided a breakdown of the issues involved.
In a test case challenging the FWC's capacity to deal with JobKeeper payment disputes, Qantas will next week tell a full bench it lacks jurisdiction to review how it applied the scheme to a monthly-paid worker who claims he was short-changed.
The Queensland IRC has rejected a former Department of Justice worker's notice to admit that Crown Law lawyers authored documents used for her dismissal and has warned her representative against making "scandalous" unsupported claims that they had a vested interest.
An openly homosexual lawyer seeking damages against a leading west coast firm for alleged discrimination and harassment is set to have his case permanently stayed if he doesn't submit to a psychiatric examination within 28 days.
